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    Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms

    Most of our facilities are gasoline or LSDL, some have Jet A-1. Product is not heated or cooled, so it is at whatever temp it becomes in the lines (aboveground singlewall steel). Yearly (or even daily) air temperature variation is substantial...Air temps can be minus 45 C or more in winter and...
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    Piping through or over earthen berms at tank farms

    Is it a better plan to run piping up and over berms rather than through? We have always run thru berms with single wall steel pipe, sleeved at side penetrations (and welded to liner); however it seems many installations use "over the berm" piping. If so, I guess one has to allow for berm "head"...

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